Middlesex

The King
agt.
William Holden< no role >
and Anthony Wright< no role > }
for a Fraud, on the Prosecutor
of William Moore< no role > ,

Joshua Jones< no role > Prichard of Doctors Commons London Gentleman
Solicitor to the Philanthropic Society maketh Oath and Saith
that he was sometime since informed by the abovenamed
Authority Wright that he had been applied to by the above
named William Holden< no role > to become a Collector of Subscriptions as
for the Use of the Philanthropic Society and the said William
Holden< no role > not being a Collector authorized by the said Society and
Impersitions having been made on the Public by Persons collecting
Money under the false Pretence of being employed by the said Society
so to do and suspecting the said William Holden< no role > to be our of
such Persons to this Deponent desired the said Anthony Wright< no role >
to engage with the said William Holden< no role > for the purpose of
detecting him in such Impersitions which he consented to do
And this Deponent saith that he hath been informed and
believes that the said Authorney Wright did accordingly sugage
with the said William Holden< no role > and that the said William Holden< no role >
did on or about the thirty first of December last persuarde the
above Prosecutor to constitute our Shifting as for the Use of
the said Philanthropic Society which Shilling this Deponent
was informed was paid into the Hands of the said Authorey
Wright and afterwards paid by him to the said William Holden< no role >
and that the said William Holden< no role > and Anthony Wright were
apprehended and take [..] Patrick colquhoun< no role > Esquire are
of his Majestys Justice of the Peace for the County of Middlesex
on or about the first Day of January instant and that the
said Authorey Wright not chasing to disclose that he was
merely employed to detect the said William Holden< no role > the
Prosecuter was bound over to Prosecute both him and the
said William Holden< no role > for obtaining the said shifting under
false Pretences And this Department saith he is advised as the
said Stubbing so obtained was not paid into the Hands of
Holden